Valentines Day Slime Recipes: The Best Slime Recipes for Kids

Our collection of amazing Valentines Day slime recipes has you covered this season. Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and there’s no better way to say it then with slime. Making homemade slime is quick and easy with our basic slime recipes and tips. Happy Valenslimes Day! You will also find handy ways to package slime for fun treats to give instead of candy this year including free printable cards!

AMAZING VALENTINES DAY SLIME RECIPES FOR KIDS!

MAKING YOUR VALENTINES DAY SLIME RECIPES

All of our holiday, seasonal, and everyday theme slimes use one of our 4 basic slime recipes that are super easy to make! We make slime all the time, and these have become our go-to favorite slime making recipes.

These Valentines Day slime recipes use almost all the basic slime recipes. To be fair, borax slime is not my favorite but generally can be subbed for all the recipes except the fluffy slime recipe.

I will always let you know which recipe we used in our photographs, but I will also tell you which of the other basic recipes will work too! Usually you can interchange several of the recipes depending on what you have for slime supplies.

Check out the video below to see slime being made right in front of you.

VALENTINES DAY SLIME RECIPES SUPPLIES

You will need at the minimum saline solution, baking soda, and foam shaving cream. Liquid starch and glitter glue (cheap dollar store kind works well) are also possibilities.

Each of our valentines Day slime recipes will have their own unique set of supplies. Whether you choose clear or white glue is up to you depending on your theme.

Food coloring and glitter or confetti is a common theme that runs through many of the slimes. I always have bag of the acrylic hearts on hand from the dollar or craft store.

EXTRA SLIMY RESOURCES

If you scroll down, you will find click here boxes with our most popular slime topics that you may find helpful.

Slime is easy to make, but it’s important that you read the directions, use the correct ingredients, measure accurately, and have a little patience if you don’t succeed the first time. Remember, it’s a recipe just like baking!

SLIME FAILURES

The biggest reason for slime fails is not reading through the recipe! People contact me all the time with: “Why didn’t this work?”

Most of the time the answer has been lack of attention to supplies needed, reading the recipe, and actually measuring the ingredients! So give it a try and do let me know if you need some help. On a very rare occasion I have gotten an old batch of glue, and there is no fixing that!

STORING YOUR SLIME

I get a lot of questions regarding how I store my slime. Usually we use a reusable container either plastic or glass. If you keep your slime clean it will last for several weeks. And…if you forget to store your slime in a container, it does actually last a few days uncovered. If the top gets crusty just fold it into itself.

If you want to send kids home with a bit of slime from a camp, party, or classroom project, I would suggest packages of reusable containers from the dollar store. For large groups we have used condiment containers as seen here.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE HOMEMADE VALENTINES DAY SLIME RECIPES

What’s the science behind the slime? The borate ions in the slime activator {sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid} mixes with the PVA {polyvinyl-acetate} glue and forms this cool stretchy substance. This is called cross linking!

The glue is a polymer and is made up of long, repeating, and identical strands or molecules. These molecules with flow past one another keeping the glue in a liquid state.

The addition of water is important to this process. Think about when you leave a gob of glue out, and you find it hard and rubbery the next day.The water helps the strands or molecules slide more easily over themselves creating cool ooze!

When you add the borate ions to the mixture, it starts to connect these long strands together. They begin to tangle and mix until the substance is less like the liquid you started with and is thicker and rubberier like slime!

THE BEST VALENTINES DAY SLIME RECIPES EVER!

Below you will find all our favorite Valentine’s Day slime recipes to try with the kids this season. All of these ideas with the exception of the fluffy slime, are perfect for handing out instead of candy.

Make sure to check out our printable card ideas and labels at the bottom of this page. We have more coming soon including a unicorn slime set!

Click on the links above each photograph or on the photograph to learn how to make each unique Valentines Day slime recipe. I promise it’s super easy!

A glittering swirl of classic Valentine’s Day colors filled with sequins, glitter, and heart confetti. Set up a slime buffet for the kids to decorate their own unique slime look for Valentine’s Day! Also great to hand out in mini containers.

The addition of special little foam beads make for the coolest floam slime ever! Add your favorite colors and pick up these sweet little containers to pack and store your slime. Also perfect for handing out!

Our first ever set of Valentine’s Day theme slimes when we first starting making slime several years ago! Food coloring, glitter, and confetti go a long way to creating unique themes for each holiday and season.

I hope you enjoy making homemade slime this season and have found your own inspiration from these easy Valentines Day slime recipes. Mix and match colors, glitter, confetti, and fun mix-ins to create your own unique slime recipe to share.

ENJOY MAKING VALENTINES DAY SLIME RECIPES THIS SEASON!

Happy slime making and an even happier Valentine’s Day,

All the best,

Sarah and Liam

HERE’S SOME SLIME MAKING RESOURCES!

Did you know we also have fun with science activities too? Click on all the black boxes below to learn more.

We have a few more cards coming out soon, but in the mean time download these to add to your slime containers. Click on the photos to download.